Context: Why This Landshare Model Matters
🔍 A History of Land & Power
🔍 A History of Land & Power
🔍 A History of Land & Power
For most of U.S. history, land ownership has meant power—especially the power to vote, live safely, build wealth, and have a say in your community.
- In early America, only landowners could vote.
- Redlining and forced removals denied land access to Black, Indigenous, and poor communities.
- To this day, unhoused people are criminalized for existing, and housing insecurity strips people of dignity, safety, and political power.
Meanwhile, land is being hoarded by the wealthy, corporations, and absentee investors—while millions go without homes.
“When I had nowhere to go, this land gave me a place to be legal — even for just two weeks. I registered to vote again. I felt like I mattered.” — Anonymous Land-Share Member
🌿 Reclaiming Land, Together
🔍 A History of Land & Power
🔍 A History of Land & Power
This landshare project is a community-driven reversal of that system.
Instead of waiting for permission or hoping for justice, we're:
- Buying land together, using small contributions from hundreds (or thousands) of people.
- Granting legal land stake to each contributor through our LLC structure.
- Dedicating that land to sheltering unhoused individuals and resisting systems of exclusion.
Everyone who contributes gains:
- A real, documented stake in the land (not just a donation).
- A role in protecting vulnerable people.
- A way to reclaim political and economic power if land ownership ever becomes a requirement again.
Context: Why This Landshare Model Matters
🛠️ Not a Traditional HOA. Not a Real Estate Scheme.
🔐 In a future where voting, residency, or safety could be tied to land ownership again
🔐 In a future where voting, residency, or safety could be tied to land ownership again
We’re not a gated community. We’re not a luxury investment. We’re a land cooperative grounded in solidarity.
- Shared ownership: Everyone who contributes owns a real, legal stake in the land — officially 1 square foot.
- Shared mission: The land exists to shelter those in crisis, not to generate profit or control.
- Shared purpose: Any excess income goes to Unity Harbour and our low-cost campground initiative, funding housing justice, equity, and mutual aid for those most excluded by the system.
It’s like a people-powered land trust — but portable, replicable, and resistant to the systems trying to shut us out.
This isn’t just land. It’s a living protest. When you join the land-share, you’re joining a movement of everyday people who are refusing to be erased. We’re building our own safety net — one square foot at a time.
🔐 In a future where voting, residency, or safety could be tied to land ownership again
🔐 In a future where voting, residency, or safety could be tied to land ownership again
🔐 In a future where voting, residency, or safety could be tied to land ownership again
A legal land claim
Each $50–$100 contribution grants a legally documented ownership interest (typically 1 square foot) in a designated 5-acre parcel held through our LLC. This serves as proof of land ownership — a strategic safeguard if oppressive laws resurface.
A safe place to land if they lose everything
This parcel includes a designated 2-week camping zone (Site X), providing temporary, legal shelter for unhoused individuals. Under Costilla County Ordinance 2015-06, camping is permitted for up to 14 days within any 3-month period without a permit, making this site a legal and compliant option for short-term emergency stays.
A growing community of landowners who aren’t rich — just organized
This land-share model builds collective power. It puts land ownership into the hands of everyday people and channels excess funds into Unity Harbour’s broader mission: providing housing justice, low-cost campgrounds, and mutual aid.